286 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
    by Chapman & Hall

    286 Pages
    by Chapman & Hall

    Decomposing an abelian group into a direct sum of its subsets leads to results that can be applied to a variety of areas, such as number theory, geometry of tilings, coding theory, cryptography, graph theory, and Fourier analysis. Focusing mainly on cyclic groups, Factoring Groups into Subsets explores the factorization theory of abelian groups.

    The book first shows how to construct new factorizations from old ones. The authors then discuss nonperiodic and periodic factorizations, quasiperiodicity, and the factoring of periodic subsets. They also examine how tiling plays an important role in number theory. The next several chapters cover factorizations of infinite abelian groups; combinatorics, such as Ramsey numbers, Latin squares, and complex Hadamard matrices; and connections with codes, including variable length codes, error correcting codes, and integer codes. The final chapter deals with several classical problems of Fuchs.

    Encompassing many of the main areas of the factorization theory, this book explores problems in which the underlying factored group is cyclic.

    Introduction

    New Factorizations from Old Ones

    Restriction

    Factorization

    Homomorphism

    Constructions

    Nonperiodic Factorizations

    Bad factorizations

    Characters

    Replacement

    Periodic Factorizations

    Good factorizations

    Good groups

    Krasner factorizations

    Various Factorizations

    The Rédei property

    Quasiperiodicity

    Factoring by Many Factors

    Factoring periodic subsets

    Simulated subsets

    Group of Integers

    Sum sets of integers

    Direct factor subsets

    Tiling the integers

    Infinite Groups

    Cyclic subgroups

    Special p-components

    Combinatorics

    Complete maps

    Ramsey numbers

    Near factorizations

    A family of random graphs

    Complex Hadamard matrices

    Codes

    Variable length codes

    Error correcting codes

    Tilings

    Integer codes

    Some Classical Problems

    Fuchs’s problems

    Full-rank factorizations

    Z-subsets

    References

    Index

    Biography

    Sandor Szabo, Arthur D. Sands

    The book under review was written by two leading experts in this field.… The exposition is clear and detailed—it is enriched with examples and exercises—making the book, as envisioned by the authors, readily accessible to non-experts in the field.
    Mathematical Reviews, Issue 2010h